Salvatore AccardoSalvatore AccardoSalvatore Accardo (Italian pronunciation: [salvaˈtoːre
akˈkardo]; born 26 September 1941 in Turin, northern Italy) is an
Italian violinist and conductor, who is known for his interpretations
of the works of Niccolò Paganini.
Accardo studied violin in the southern Italian city of
NaplesNaples in the
1950s. He gave his first professional recital at the age of 13
performing Paganini's Capricci. In 1958 Accardo became the first prize
winner of the
Paganini Competition in Genoa.
He has recorded Paganini's 24 Caprices (re-recorded in 1999) for solo
violin and was the first violinist to record all six of the violin
concerti by Paganini. He has an extensive discography of almost 50
recordings on Philips, DG, EMI, Sony Classical, Foné, Dynamic, and
Warner-Fonit
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Dominic Salvatore Gentile
Dominic Salvatore "Don" Gentile (December 6, 1920 – January 28,
1951) was a
World War IIWorld War IIUSAAFUSAAF pilot who surpassed Eddie
Rickenbacker's World War I record of 26 downed aircraft.[2] He later
served in the post-war U.S. Air Force.
Biography[edit]
Gentile was born in Piqua, Ohio,[3] the son of Italian immigrants[4]
Patsy and Josephina Gentile, who immigrated in 1907.[5] After a
fascination with flying as a child, his father provided him with his
own plane, an Aerosport Biplane. He managed to log over 300 hours
flying time by July 1941, when he attempted to join the Army Air
Forces.
The U.S. military required two years of college for its pilots, which
Gentile did not have, so he enlisted in the Royal Canadian Air Force
and was posted to the UK in 1941. Gentile flew the Supermarine
Spitfire Mark V with No. 133 Squadron, one of the famed "Eagle
Squadron" during 1942
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Salvatore Montagna
Salvatore "Sal the Iron Worker" Montagna (1971 – November 24, 2011)
was an acting boss of the
Bonanno crime familyBonanno crime family in
New York CityNew York City and
the Sicilian faction-leader of the
BronxBronx section. At the time of his
death, he had been associated with the
Rizzuto crime family of
Montreal.Contents1 Early life
2 Sal the Iron Worker
3 Acting capo
4 Acting boss - The "Bambino Boss"
5
MontrealMontreal area activities
6 Death
7 In popular culture
8 References
9 External linksEarly life[edit]
Montagna was born in Montreal,
QuebecQuebec in 1971. He was raised in
Castellammare del Golfo, Sicily. In the mid 1980s, at the age of 15
his family moved to the United States and settled in the Bronx, New
York.[1] It is unclear when Montagna became active in the life of
crime or when he became a made man in the Bonanno crime family
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Salvatore Pappalardo (composer)
Salvatore Pappalardo (1817–1884) was an Italian composer and
conductor.
Born in Catania, Pappalardo began his studies in his home city before
entering the Palermo Conservatory where he studied under Pietro
Raimondi. He worked as a music teacher and was a conductor at the
opera house in
CataniaCatania until he moved to Naples in 1845 when he was
made the court composer for Leopoldo di Borbone, the Count of
Siracusa. He later worked as a teacher of music theory and composition
in Naples. He died in Naples in 1884.
Pappalardo's work as a composer was mainly directed towards composing
operas and other music for the theatre. He composed eight operas:
Francesca da Rimini (1844), Il corsaro (Naples, 1846), La figlia del
Doge (Catania, 1855), L'atrabiliare (Naples, 1856), Mirinda (Naples,
1860), Gustavo Wasa (Naples, 1865), Le diavolesse (Naples, 1878), and
Le due ambasciatrici (never performed). He also composed a significant
amount of church music
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Salvatore PincherleSalvatore PincherleSalvatore Pincherle (March 11, 1853 – July 10, 1936) was an Italian
mathematician. He contributed significantly to (and arguably helped to
found) the field of functional analysis, established the Italian
Mathematical Union (Italian: "Unione Matematica Italiana"), and was
president of the Third International Congress of Mathematicians. The
Pincherle derivative is named after him.
Pincherle was born into a Jewish family in
TriesteTrieste (then part of the
Austrian Littoral) and spent his childhood in Marseille, France. After
completing his basic schooling in Marseille, he left in 1869 to study
mathematics at the University of Pisa, where he was a student under
both
Enrico BettiEnrico Betti and Ulisse Dini
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Salvatore QuasimodoSalvatore QuasimodoSalvatore Quasimodo (Italian: [salvaˈtoːre kwaˈziːmodo];
August 20, 1901 – June 14, 1968) was an Italian novelist and poet.
In 1959 he won the
Nobel Prize in LiteratureNobel Prize in Literature "for his lyrical poetry,
which with classical fire expresses the tragic experience of life in
our own times".[1] Along with
Giuseppe UngarettiGiuseppe Ungaretti and Eugenio Montale,
he is one of the foremost Italian poets of the 20th century.Contents1 Biography
2 Poetic language
3 References
4 External linksBiography[edit]
Quasimodo was born in Modica,
SicilySicily to Gaetano Quasimodo and Clotilde
Ragusa. In 1908 his family moved to Messina, as his father had been
sent there to help the population struck by a devastating earthquake.
The impressions of the effects of natural forces would have a great
impact on the young Quasimodo
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Salvatore Riina
Salvatore "Totò" Riina (Italian pronunciation: [salvaˈtoːre
riːna]; 16 November 1930 in
CorleoneCorleone – 17 November 2017 in Parma),
called Totò 'u Curtu (Sicilian: Totò the Short; Totò being the
diminutive of "Salvatore"), was an Italian mobster and chief of the
Sicilian Mafia, known for a ruthless murder campaign that reached a
peak in the early 1990s when the assassinations of Antimafia
Commission prosecutors
Giovanni FalconeGiovanni Falcone and
Paolo BorsellinoPaolo Borsellino caused
widespread public revulsion and led to a major crackdown by the
authorities
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Sal Rinauro
Salvatore Rinauro[1] (born September 12, 1982)[1] is an American
professional wrestler. He is best known for his work in Ring of Honor
and
Full Impact ProFull Impact Pro in addition to being a member of The Embassy.Contents1 Career1.1 Ring of Honor
1.2 Full Impact Pro
1.3 Deep South Wrestling
1.4 Independent circuit2 Wrestling Road Diaries
3 In wrestling
4 Championships and accomplishments
5 References
6 External linksCareer[edit]
Ring of Honor[edit]
After honing his skills at
NWA WildsideNWA Wildside as well as winning the
promotion's Junior Heavyweight Championship, Rinauro debuted under the
name "Mellow" as a member of
SpecialSpecial K in Ring of Honor
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Salvatore SchillaciSalvatore SchillaciSalvatore Schillaci (Italian pronunciation: [salvaˈtoːre
skilˈlaːtʃi]; born 1 December 1964), commonly referred to by his
nickname Totò,[2] is an Italian former footballer, who played as a
striker. During his club career, he played for Messina (1982–1989),
Juventus (1989–1992), Internazionale (1992–1994) and Júbilo Iwata
(1994–1997).[3]
At international level he was the surprise star of the 1990
FIFAFIFA World
Cup, as he helped
ItalyItaly to a third-place finish on home soil
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Salvatore SiriguSalvatore SiriguSalvatore Sirigu (Italian pronunciation: [salvaˈtoːre
ˈsiːriɡu]; Sardinian: [saɾβaˈðɔɾe ˈziɾiɣu]) born 12
January 1987) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a
goalkeeper for Torino and the
ItalyItaly national team.
He began his career with Venezia, and then Palermo. In 2011, he moved
to Paris Saint-Germain. Twice voted the
Ligue 1Ligue 1 Goalkeeper of the
Year, his honours at the club include four consecutive league titles,
and all four domestic competitions in both the 2014–15 and 2015–16
seasons
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Salvatore Vasapolli
Salvatore Marchesi-Vasapolli (born 1955) is a nationally acclaimed
artist best known for his art photographic prints of the American
landscape.
Vasapolli photographed the large format photographic book, Montana
with text written by Montana's ex-congressman, John Patrick Williams,
published by Graphic Arts Center, Portland, Oregon. The book depicts
the state's people, natural, historical and city landscapes. The book
won both the 2004 North American and World SAPPI publishing Gold
Awards. In 2008, his second book, Montana: Portrait of a State, was
released. Vasapolli also produces several state and national park
calendars on subjects such as Montana, New Jersey, and Yellowstone
National Park. His photographs hang or have been hung in private
collections, corporations, galleries and museums coast to coast.[1]
Mr. Vasapolli has also receive 7 ADDY awards advertising's highest
honor
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Salvatore ViganòSalvatore Viganò (March 25, 1769 – August 10, 1821), was an Italian
choreographer, dancer and composer.[1]
Viganò was born in Naples. He studied composition with Luigi
Boccherini (his uncle) and by the mid-1780s was composing original
music. In 1788, he appeared as a dancer on the stage in Venice. He
performed in the coronation festivities of
Charles IV of SpainCharles IV of Spain in
1789. He became a pupil of the French dancer and choreographer Jean
Dauberval. In 1791, he and his wife achieved success as a dancing team
in Venice, where he choreographed his first ballet, Raoul de Créqui.
He was ballet master in Vienna and collaborated with Beethoven on the
ballet The Creatures of Prometheus. He returned to Italy in 1804 and
became the ballet master of La Scala ballet school in Milan. He is
considered the father of a new kind of performance called
"coreodramma[ru]" where the pantomime served the dance and the
ensembles were very significant
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John Romita Jr.
John Salvatore Romita[1] professionally known as John Romita Jr.
(/rəˈmiːtə/; born August 17, 1956)[2] is an American comics artist
best known for his extensive work for
Marvel ComicsMarvel Comics from the 1970s to
the 2010s.Contents1 Early life
2 Career2.1 Influences and techniques3 Awards
4 Bibliography4.1 DC Comics
4.2 Marvel Comics4.2.1 Icon Comics
4.2.2 Marvel Comics/DC Comics4.3 Image Comics5 References
6 Further reading
7 External linksEarly life[edit]
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Eddie LangEddie LangEddie Lang (October 25, 1902 – March 26, 1933) is known as the
father of jazz guitar.[1] During the 1920s, he gave the guitar a
prominence it previously lacked as a solo instrument, as part of a
band or orchestra, and as accompaniment for vocalists.[2] He recorded
duets with guitarists Lonnie Johnson and Carl Kress, with jazz
violinist Joe Venuti, and played rhythm guitar in the big bands of
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